25 episodes

A foray into the world of festivals with music man and festival guru Rob da Bank, exploring the underbelly and secrets of how the world's best festivals run. One week he may chat to a megastar headliner, then someone behind the scenes spilling the beans on what it takes to run a festival and other weeks may be a run down on 2019 festival line-ups with inside gossip and facts.
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The A-Z of Festivals with Rob da Bank Rob da Bank

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    • 4.7 • 65 Ratings

A foray into the world of festivals with music man and festival guru Rob da Bank, exploring the underbelly and secrets of how the world's best festivals run. One week he may chat to a megastar headliner, then someone behind the scenes spilling the beans on what it takes to run a festival and other weeks may be a run down on 2019 festival line-ups with inside gossip and facts.
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    Scroobius Pip

    Scroobius Pip

    Rob catches up with king of podcasts, rapper, poet, wrestling addict and all round good egg Scroobius Pip on what Tom Hardy's really like, why he won’t play Glastonbury right now and the art of the encore.
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    • 39 min
    Arcadia: Bertie Cole

    Arcadia: Bertie Cole

    Bertie is half of the pioneering Arcadia crew who have been making world beating insane stages and immersive festival experiences like the Afterburner and this years Pangea which smashed Glastonbury. Rob caught up with him about being ten years old, blowing people away in China and building wells in Sierra Leone.
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    • 29 min
    Matt the Hat

    Matt the Hat

    Robby meets Matt the Hat who wears numerous hats from owning The Worlds biggest Bouncy Castle with Mr da Bank himself to running the Inflatable Church at festivals across the world and Street Food Circus. He spills the beans on his 8 fave festi memories.
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    • 32 min
    Bestival: Rob da Bank

    Bestival: Rob da Bank

    Back this week as Rob da Bank reminisces over his top 10 Bestival headliners from over the years. He talks through them one by one, with fun backstage stories to boot!
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    • 37 min
    Greenpeace: Bob Wilson

    Greenpeace: Bob Wilson

    This week, Rob chats to Bob Wilson who looks after Special Events at Greenpeace. They chat Glastonbury, positive action and everything festivals!
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    • 32 min
    A Greener Festival: Claire O'Neill

    A Greener Festival: Claire O'Neill

    Rob da Bank's A-Z of Festivals is back with a bang! Listen and delve into the world of green festivals with Claire O'Neill and what you can do as a punter to be a more eco friendly festival goer.
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    • 36 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
65 Ratings

65 Ratings

Lucas Bigtopmania ,

Hugely interesting insights

Love the podcast. Have particularly enjoyed the friendly chat with Tofu and hearing about the roots of festivals. Also loved hearing Josie’s episode and the hint about a Bestival resurrection!

Looking forward to a Shambala episode?

who?were?when? ,

Great insight into festivals

Love the podcast, particularly the Camp Bestival ones as we have been going since our daughter was 1! Glasto of course was a fab one.

Jukebox Fashion ,

✨💥✨

What a wonderful listen with such lovely creative people 👌

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